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Ministry of Education
Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023 to be held on 27th January 2023- Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
38.80 lakh participants have registered for PPC- 2023 as compared to about 15.7 lakh for PPC-2022
Students from over 150 countries, teachers from 51 countries and parents from 50 countries have registered for PPC-2023
Union Education and Skill development & Entrepreneurship Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today announced that the 6th edition of Prime Minister’s Interaction Programme with school students, teachers and parents "Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023” will be held on 27th January 2023 at Talkatora Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi conceptualized this unique interactive program - Pariksha Pe Charcha wherein students, parents, teachers from across the nation and also from overseas interact with him to discuss anxieties related to examinations and life after school. The event seeks to help in overcoming stress in order to celebrate life as an Utsav. This event was organized successfully for the last five years by the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education.
For PPC 2023, Students, Teachers and Parents have enthusiastically participated in big numbers from State Boards, CBSE, KVS, NVS and other Boards. Registrations have more than doubled this year compared to the year 2022. About 38.80 lakh participants  have registered for PPC- 2023 compared to about 15.7 lakh for PPC-2022. Students from over 150 countries, Teachers form 51 countries and parents from 50 countries have also registered for PPC-2023.
The programme is proposed to be in townhall type format, as in the year 2022, while adhering to the COVID-19 protocols, as determined by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India from time to time. An online creative writing competition was conducted at https://innovateindia.mygov.in/ppc-2023/ /on various topics between 25th November and 30th December 2022 to select participants  on a bouquet of themes mentioned below:
Themes for Students
1. Know your freedom fighters 
2. Our culture is our pride 
3. My book my inspiration 
4. Save Environment for future generations 
5. My life, my health 
6. My startup dream 
7. STEM education/ education without boundaries 
8. Toys and Games for Learning in Schools 
II. Themes for Teachers
1. Our Heritage 
2. Enabling Learning Environment 
3. Education for Skilling 
4. Lesser Curricular Load and No fear for exams 
5. Future educational challenges 
III. Themes for Parents
1. My child, my teacher 
2. Adult Education- Making everyone literate 
3. Learning and growing together 
About 2050 participants selected through the creative writing competitions on MyGov will be presented with a special Pariksha Pe Charcha kit comprising of Exam Warriors book in Hindi and English, written by Prime Minister and a certificate. Some of the questions by the participants, to be selected by NCERT, may feature in PPC-2023.
Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates Gita Press, Gorakhpur on being conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Gita Press, Gorakhpur on being conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
“I congratulate Gita Press, Gorakhpur on being conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021. They have done commendable work over the last 100 years towards furthering social and cultural transformations among the people.
@GitaPress
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1933252 “
More details can be found here;
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1933252
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
World Environment Day: Union Minister Ramdas Athavale Plants trees at Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities  today
Appeals to everyone to plant 100 trees as part of their contribution towards environment protection
Mumbai June 5,2021
Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities  celebrated World Environment Day by organising webinar and planting trees in its campus in Mumbai, today. Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athavale visited the institute and planted trees as part of the celebration.
The Minister also participated in a virtual interactive national webinar on the theme ‘Sapling of Hope: the New Beginning’ for persons with disabilities and their parents, with a special focus on speech and hearing disabilities.
Speaking on the occasion, Athavale said that "We all understood the importance of oxygen during ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Trees provide huge amount of oxygen to us without any expectation. We should plant more trees and take good care of them. If our environment is healthy, we will be healthy too. We should always keep in mind that we all have a responsibility to keep our environment healthy."
While interacting with the participants, he appealed to everyone to plant 100 trees in their lives as part of their contribution towards environment protection.
Director of the institute Dr. Suni Marinam Mathew said that the webinar ‘Sapling of Hope: the New Beginning’ is organised to explain the importance of trees to the disabled children. Head of the Education Department of the Institute Dr. Varsha Gatthu, explained the concept of “Sustainable Development Goals” of the United Nations. She said that environment is the 15th goal and explained its relationship with food, energy and other goals.
Director of the Samvad Karnbadhir Prabodhini, Chhaya Ghadge, guided children on how to make seedlings from tree tubers, vines, etc. and how to cultivate them.
Divyang students from various branches of the institute along with their parents participated in this national webinar.
The function was organised to encourage persons with disabilities to participate in the global movement that can make peace with nature for the restoration of the ecosystem.
AYJNISHD's World Environment Day celebration was set on the theme ‘Reimagine, Recreate and Restore Ecosystem’. This year’s theme for World Environment Day 2021 is ‘Ecosystem Restoration’.
Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities  is one of the apex National Institutes working for the rehabilitation of persons with speech and hearing disabilities across India under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India
Ministry of Science & Technology
“TDB-DST approves support to M/s Noccarc Robotics Private Limited, Maharashtra; Company to Commercialize Digitally-Enabled Advanced Universal ICU Ventilator”
“IIT Kanpur-Incubated Startup Receives ₹3.94 Crores in TDB-DST Funding for Commercialization of Digitally-Enabled Advanced Universal ICU Ventilator”
In a nation where more than 85% of medical devices are imported, the push towards indigenously developed products has never been more critical. The Government of India, under its "Make in India" initiative and a renewed focus on digitization across all sectors, including healthcare, is driving a robust ecosystem for homegrown innovations.
Reflecting these national priorities, the Technology Development Board  has entered into an agreement with M/s Noccarc Robotics Private Limited, Maharashtra, a company dedicated to the commercialization of Digitally Enabled Advanced Universal ICU Ventilators. The board has pledged support of ₹3.94 Crores out of the total project cost of ₹7.89 Crores. M/s Noccarc, incubated at the Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, epitomizes the spirit of innovation with its indigenously developed technology.
The entire technology has been developed by Noccarc indigenously, with several patents filed for each component of the ventilator. The company's entry-level ventilator, V310, played a critical role during the COVID-19 pandemic, being deployed in diverse hospitals across India, where it became instrumental in saving lives. Building on this success, Noccarc is now launching the Noccarc V730i, which is a smart ventilator. V730i allows seamless connectivity to the cloud via GSM, Wi-Fi, and LAN, allowing doctors and intensive care specialists to remotely monitor the patient data on Noccarc’s digital platform, and will also enable hospitals to digitize their ICU data and workflows. This initiative is aligned with the Government's push towards creating a self-reliant India in the medical devices sector.
Speaking on this occasion, the promoters of Noccarc, Shri Nikhil Kurele, and Shri Harshit Rathore, expressed that the support and assistance from TDB would propel the company in its quest for technological indigenization across India's healthcare sector. They emphasized that Noccarc's endeavours would contribute significantly to the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives of the Government, setting a precedent for innovation and self-reliance in the field of medical technology.
Shri Rajesh Kumar Pathak, Secretary, TDB said that, “Noccarc's innovations in advanced medical technology are a testament to India's capabilities in developing advanced solutions that cater to the needs of domestic healthcare facilities. M/s Noccarc focuses on commercializing Digitally Enabled Advanced Universal ICU Ventilators, which are expected to revolutionize the critical care industry. The company's manufacturing site in Pune is a symbol of the realization of digitally-enabled healthcare devices made in India, which have immense potential in export markets too.”
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Marathi non-feature film 'Rekha' highlights the hygiene problems of street dwellers and questions society’s unclean attitude towards them
#IFFIWood, 25 November 2022
A film on the daily struggles of street dwelling, their hygiene and sanitation issues and society’s outlook towards them, was screened under Indian Panorama Non-feature section in 53rd International Film Festival of India  on Thursday. Director of Rekha, a Marathi non-feature film, Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe said “We shut out our doors to the street dwellers. But why do we do this? A quest to find out the reason behind their ill-fate and society’s disregard for the street dwellers led me to research on this project for one and a half years”. While projecting the difficulties in the lives of women living on roads, the film also focusses on the bad state of their menstrual hygiene. “While researching on the subject, I was shocked to find out about their reality. They don't get to take bath for months”, he said.
The protagonist Rekha lives on the roadside. Suffering from a fungal skin infection, the doctor recommends her to take a bath and apply medicine. But her husband stops her and ill-treats her. Rekha tries to bathe but is shocked when the women of her community tell her the reason not to, leaving her in a dilemma. She decides to leave her husband so that she can take a bath to tackle the infection. The film portrays her hardships to stay clean.
The film’s cast consists of Vaga  artists of Maharashtra who have never faced cameras before. Hence, a two month-long workshop was conducted to train them on acting in front of cameras. The scripting and shooting was done during the second lockdown phase. Sangli resident Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe acknowledged his indebtedness to eminent Marathi director Ravi Jadhav for assisting in this project while speaking at one of the IFFI “Table-Talks” session organised by PIB today.
The film focuses on various layers of the concept of cleanliness, while also stating that society needs to adopt a clean approach towards street dwellers. The women in our society face many hardships. “Women in high society as well as in slums face the same mentality”, he added.
Maya Pawar and Tamina Pawar, who have portrayed important characters in the film, have expressed gratitude for getting a chance to act in the film and to be featured among the films of the IFFI. Though they are Tamasha artists, the medium of cinema have brought them more recognition, they said.PIB IFFI Cast & Crew | Manas/Sriyanka/Bharti/Samarjit/Darshana | IFFI 53 - 111
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
More than 17 lakh saplings have been planted under the 'Meri Maati Mera Desh' campaign: Smt. Meeta Rajivlochan
Under the 'Meri Maati Mera Desh' campaign, more than 17 lakh saplings have been planted so far. Apart from this, more than 25 thousand Amrit Vatikas have been made. This information was given by Smt. Meeta R. Lochan, Secretary, Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India in Bhopal.
She said that under the 'Meri Maati Mera Desh' campaign; more than 4 crore people have taken the oath of Panch Pran. She also informed that the youth is actively participating in this campaign.
Smt. Meeta Rajivlchan inquired about the activities being conducted in the state, at the state level review meeting of Meri Maati Mera Desh program, organized at Tatya Tope Stadium, Bhopal.
She also honoured Smt. Nirmala Sharma, mother of Martyr Captain Devashish Sharma of Punjab Battalion. Shri P. Narhari, Secretary, Sports and Youth Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh, along with PIB, Doordarshan, All India Radio, National Service Scheme, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and many officials of the state government were present in the meeting.
On the first day of her two-day visit, Smt. Meeta Rajivlochan , inspected the activities going on at the Institute of Excellence in Higher Education, Bhopal under 'Meri Maati Mera Desh Abhiyan' and inaugurated the Amrit Vatika built in the campus. She also planted a Rudraksh sapling and visited the exhibition displayed at the National Service Scheme office.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
127.61 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 99,155
Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.29%; Lowest since March 2020
Recovery Rate currently at 98.35%
6,918 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,40,60,774
8,895 new cases in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate  less than 2% for last 62 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 1% for last 21 days
64.72 cr Total Tests conducted so far
President's Secretariat
PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ
The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, hereby directed that during the period of indisposition of Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister; the portfolios of Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs held by him, be temporarily assigned to Shri Piyush Goyal, in addition to his existing portfolios.
Further, as advised by the Prime Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley be designated as Minister without portfolio during the period of his indisposition or till such time he is able to resume his work as Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh leaves for Uzbekistan tomorrow to participate in SCO meeting and bilateral engagements
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh will leave for Tashkent, Uzbekistan tomorrow  to attend a key meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation  and participate in bilateral engagements with the Uzbekistan government.
Shri Rajnath Singh will represent India in the meeting of Council of Heads of Government  of SCO at Tashkent on November 2, 2019. The leaders participating in the meeting are expected to focus their discussions on the multilateral economic cooperation in the SCO region.
India is actively engaged in various SCO cooperation dialogue mechanisms and further developing multilateral cooperation within the SCO framework.
This will be the third CHG meeting after India became a member of SCO. The last two CHG meetings were held between November 30- December 1, 2017 at Sochi in Russia and October 11-12, 2018 at Dushanbe in Tajikistan.
Raksha Mantri will have bilateral engagements on November 2-3. He will hold a meeting with Major General Kurbanov Bakhodir Nizamovich, Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan to discuss issues of bilateral defence cooperation. It may be noted that Armies of the two countries would be participating in the first-ever India-Uzbekistan joint exercise ‘Dostlik 2019’. The exercise will be conducted from November 4-13, 2019.
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Ministry of Finance
Maharashtra State GST Department arrests one person for bogus ITC claim from fake bills of Rs.102 Crores
The Maharashtra State GST department arrested one person for bogus ITC claim worth Rs.14 crore from fake bills of around Rs.102 crore. The department has also been able to get revenue of Rs. 8 Crore from the suppliers linked to M/s. Cermix. As a part of Special Anti-Evasion Drive by Maharashtra Goods & Service Tax Department against the fraudsters and tax evaders, Proprietor of M/s. Cermix has been arrested on 07/04/2022, for generating, availing and utilising fraudulent GST Input Tax Credit  of Rs.14 Crores from bogus invoices of Rs.102 Crores.
The investigation is under progress to ascertain whether there is any other link to this fraud. Hon'ble Metropolitan Magistrate Court has given 14 days judicial custody to the proprieter of M/s. Cermix. This joint operation of investigation was conducted by Assistant Commissioner of State Tax Mr. Amol Suryawanshi under the guidance of Mr. Nilkanth S. Ghogare, Deputy Commissioner of State Tax and Mr. Rahul Dwivedi , Joint Commissioner of State Tax, Investigation-A, Mumbai.
The GST Department is using comprehensive network analytic tools and is co-ordinating with other authorities to identify tax evaders. This will serve as a strong warning to all scamsters that Maharashtra GST department will not spare anybody avoiding taxes.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Shri Piyush Goyal says country’s Exports and Imports are showing positive trends; Trade deficit is narrowing
Capping of Rs 2 Crore for MEIS will not affect 98% of the exporters: Shri Goyal;
Minister meets Export Promotion Councils
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal today met the Office-bearers of various Export Promotion Councils , to discuss the issues concerning the country’s global trade, ground level situation, and problems being faced by the exporters. Shri Goyal has been holding a series of discussions with the EPCs, particularly since the lockdown. The Commerce Secretary Dr Anup Wadhawan, DGFT Shri Amit Yadav and other senior officers of the Ministry were present in the meeting.
In his opening remarks, the Minister said that the country’s exports as well as imports are showing positive trends. The exports are approaching the last year’s levels, after making a sharp dip in April this year due to pandemic. Regarding imports, the positive thing is that the Capital Goods imports have not declined, and the reduction in imports has been seen mainly in crude, gold and fertilizers. He added that the trade deficit is reducing drastically and our share in the global trade is improving, thanks to our resilient supply chains, and perseverance and hardwork of our exporters. The minister also said that we are trying to generate more reliable and better trade data so that nation can do better planning and frame policies accordingly.
The Minister said that 24 focus manufacturing sectors have been identified which have the potential to expand, scale-up operations, improve quality, and lead enhancement of Indian share in global trade and value chain. These sectors have capacity to do import substitution and push exports. He said that India is being seen in the world as trusted and resilient partner in global value chain.
On the issue of recent changes in the Merchandise Export from India Scheme , the Minister said that the capping of Rs 2 Crore will not affect 98% of the exporters who claim benefit under the scheme. The Government has already announced Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Products  scheme for exporters to take the place of MEIS, and a Committee has also been set up to determine the ceiling rates under the RoDTEP scheme. This new scheme would reimburse the embedded taxes and duties already incurred by exporters.
The Minister, after listening to the challenges, experiences and suggestions of the EPC office-bearers, expressed thanks for their valuable feedback, saying that Macro-numbers sometimes don’t make one realize the difficulties being faced by the Exporters. He acknowledged that certain sectors, which are primarily dependent on the discretionary spending, are under severe stress. Shri Goyal promised to help the Exporters as much as possible, and also take up such issues, which fall outside the ambit of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, with concerned departments. He said that SEZ issues are being taken up with the Finance Ministry. He called upon the exporters to engage with the Steering Committee set up to promote Indian manufacturing.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Cabinet approves Proposal for leasing out of 1.61 acres of land at Alipur, Delhi, owned by Delhi Milk Scheme to Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium for setting up of Kisan Mandi
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for leasing out 1.61 acres of land bearing khasara No.91/15 located at Alipur Delhi, owned by Delhi Milk Scheme to Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium  for setting up of KisanMandi.
The lease will be for a period of 30 years w.e.f, 10.09.2014 to 09.09.2044, with the lease rent of Rs.100/- per month with annual increase of 10% per annum from 10.09.2014. The lease rent will be payable in advance for whole year in the beginning of the calendar year latest by 31st January.
Impact:-
The setting up the KisanMandi by SFAC, which will, provide as an additional, marketing channel/ platform to FPOs and Growers Association for direct sale of fruits and vegetables to whole sale and retail buyers in Delhi/NCR for the benefit of farmers as well as consumers of the country.
Highlights of the KisanMandi:-
- Only registered FPOs/Grower Associations  will be allowed to offer fresh produce for sale on this platform.
- Organisationretailers, wholesalers, hotels and catering institutions, Resident Welfare Association  and ordinary consumers can buy from this platform, with no agents / middlemen involved.
- There will be no commission charged on the transactions in the KisanMandi either from sellers or buyers, FPOs will pay a small service charge for the use of facilities such as godowns, cold stores etc.
- KisanMandi will also offer direct supply through retail outlets on a franchises model. A beginning will be made by offering staple produce such as potato and onion through selected kiosks of the Delhi Milk Scheme. The KisanMandi will also have provision for online sales and. direct marketing through call centre etc.
Background:-
SFAC is a registered society set up under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 under the administrative control of Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India. Its mandate is to link farmers to investment, technology and markets. SFAC is mandated by the M/o Agriculture to mobilize farmers into groups, called Farmers Producers Organisations  and link these institutions to the market, for better returns. SFAC has promoted about 650 FPOs across the country with the membership of over 6.60 lakh farmers up to Dec, 2017. These bodies are member owner grass root institutions, which provide collective bargaining powers to small and marginal farmers. SFAC proposes to establish a KisanMandi, asan additional marketing channel/platform to link FPOs and farmers Growers Association to wholesale and retail consumers for direct sale of fruits & vegetables for the benefits of farmers and consumers in Delhi& NCR.
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